83C Justification Form

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE SHEET
School Pulse Panel (SPP) 2024-25
August-October 2024 Surveys Change Request
Agency/Subagency

OMB Control Number

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences

1850-0969 v.15

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

Agency form number(s)
Annual reporting and record keeping hour
burden
Number of respondent
Total annual responses
Percent of these responses
collected electronically
Total annual hours
Difference

1,235
53,955

1,235
53,955

100%

100%

10,175

10,175

Explanation of difference
Program change
Adjustment
Annual reporting and record keeping cost
burden (in thousands of dollars)
Total annualized capital/startup
costs
Total annual costs (O&M)
Total annualized cost requested
Difference

NA

NA

NA
NA

NA
NA
NA

Explanation of difference
Program change
Adjustment

NA
NA

Other change**

The School Pulse Panel is an ongoing study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of the Institute
of Education Sciences (IES), within the United States Department of Education, to collect extensive data on current and emerging
issues concerning students and staff in U.S. public primary, middle, high, and combined-grade schools. Specifically, the survey will
ask school leaders about topics such as staffing, college and career readiness, artificial intelligence, tutoring, summer and afterschool programs, facilities, and learning strategies and recovery, among other topics. The SPP has become one of the nation’s
main sources of timely and reliable data on issues concerning the education environment, as reported by principals in U.S. public
schools.
The SPP monthly data collection went through a 60-day public comment period, followed by a 30-day public comment period
(OMB# 1850-0969 v.13) and was formally cleared on July 1, 2024. The purpose of this memo is to request approval for changes to
the August, September, and October 2024 SPP questionnaires. The items that were submitted as a part of the 30-day public
comment period (v.13, approved July 2024) were undergoing cognitive testing at the time the package was out for public comment.
Changes to the August, September, and October 2024 questionnaires that are being made in response to the cognitive testing are
detailed below. Many of the changes were made to improve item clarity and include such actions as modifying response options
based on recommendations from the cognitive testing. The costs to the government have not changed as a result of this
amendment, nor has the projected respondent burden. Below, for each month, we provide explanations for our changes. Changes
to the materials that are part of this submission are described below.

Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

July 19, 2024

For OIRA Use
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**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date
OMB 83-C